=KESHIA'S 80'S HOMAGE=

I WAS LIKE..."HOLY SHIT! LOOK AT HOW MANY FRIGGIN STENCILS THERE ARE!!!" KESHIA HAD BEEN TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS SLEEVE IDEA DEPICTING THE 80'S AS AN ODE TO HER CHILDHOOD AND WE FINALLY GOT IT ROLLING. PEEP IT BELOW.

 

AMONG THE ICONIC CELEB'S ARE THESE STAPLE IMAGES FROM A TIME PAST...

 

MISS PIGGY...

 

SMURFETTE, GIZMO (GREMLINS), A TROLL...

 

POUND PUPPIES, A BOOMBOX...

 

PEE-WEE HERMAN...

 

THE GOONIES, SNORKS...

 

GLOW-WORM, NINTENDO CONTROLLER...

 

JEM...

 

MADONNA...

 

SHE-RA, MONSTERS...

 

RAINBOW BRITE...

 

GARBAGE PAIL KIDS (CUSTOM 'KUTTIN KESHIA' MADE FOR HER)...

 

MR. AND MS. PAC MAN...

 

NINJA TURTLES (DONATELLO, OF COURSE)...

 

MY LITTLE PONY...

 

FRAGGLES (AND A DOOZER!)...

 

LABRYNTH...

 

MISS POTATO HEAD...

 

CARE BEARS... AND MORE!

ALL IN ALL, THERE'S A SHIT-TON OF IMAGERY GOING ON IN THIS 'COLORING BOOK' STYLED SLEEVE. WE DID THE OUTLINE IN TWO SESSIONS ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS. STAY TUNED TO SEE THE FILL FOR THIS MASSIVE PROJECT IN THE DAYS TO COME! GOOD JOB AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY KESHIA!!!

=JULES' COVERUP=

JULES HAD THIS FUNKY LITTLE SUN TATTOO THAT SHE WAS NOT ONLY UNHAPPY WITH... BUT IT WAS ALSO OFF-CENTER! WHAT DO WE DO? WE COVER THAT SHIT UP SON!!!

SHE'S AN ENGINEER AND HAS A THING FOR GEARS AND THE LIKE... SO I DREW UP A BIT OF A STEAM-PUNKISH DESIGN FOR HER AND WE GOT 'ER DONE. BELOW IS THE SEQUENCE OF THE COVERUP PROCESS... THIS WAS DONE IN THREE SESSIONS. FIRST WE OUTLINED AND SHADED, SECOND COLOR AND THIRD, A LAST PASS WITH THE WHITE HIGHLIGHTS.

WELL DONE!

=SHAWNA'S FREEDOM=

SOME OF THE COOLEST TATTOOS COME OUT OF PEOPLES PERSONAL BELIEF'S AND CREDO'S... THEY SHARE THE IDEAS AND I TRANSLATE THEM INTO IMAGERY! THAT'S HOW IT WORKS... AND IT'S ALWAYS RAD WHEN IT WORKS WELL. NICE IDEA SHAWNA!!!

THIS ONE IS HALFWAY TO COMPLETION... WE WILL BE ADDING SEPIA AND EARTH-TONED COLORS TO FINISH THIS ONE OUT. MORE PICS TO COME!

=JERRY AND ANGELA BOND=

MY GOOD FRIEND JERRY HAD A PAL VISITING FROM SEATTLE AND WHAT BETTER OCCASION TO GET A TATTOO, THAN FOR FRIENDSHIP? SO... ANGELA GOT A ROSE FOR PORTLAND AND JERRY GOT AN EMERALD FOR SEATTLE. DONE!!!

ABOVE: ANGELA'S ODE TO PDX.

ABOVE: JERRY'S HOMAGE TO SEATTLE. 

GOOD JOB KIDS!!!

=DYLAN, REPRESENT!=

DYLAN (OF GEAR CLOTHING PDX) SHOW'S HIS LOVE FOR HIS ROOTS.

=THE PIRATE CLAY=

 CLAY'S LIL BOAT.

=BLAKE'S ROAR=

FIRST HALF OF BLAKE'S LION... BLACK AND GREY IS DONE WITH PLANS TO ADD COLOR HERE SOON. ENJOY!!!

=JEREMY'S SLEEVE PROGRESS=

DID SOME COLOR AND FILL WORK ON JEREMY'S FAMILY SLEEVE. EACH IMAGE REPRESENTS SOMEONE IN HIS FAMILY... COOL! STILL A LITTLE WAYS TO GO, BUT WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS SO FAR... LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING THIS ONE UP! FUN TIMES!!

=STEELY DAN'S COMPASS=

WISH I HAD SOME HEALED UP SHOTS OF THIS... DAN GOT THE BIKERS COMPASS ROSE ALL OVER HIS ARM. THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER THE FILL SESSION, THE OUTLINE WAS LONG HEALED, SO THE REDNESS AND TONE DIFFERENCE IS A BIT WONKY.

THE TATTOO IS DOPE THO... SO I THREW THESE UP! HOPEFULLE WE GET HEALED PICS FROM DAN WHILE HE'S AWAY IN ALASKA. HAPPY TRAVELS MATE!!!

=TIMS SLEEVE COVERUP=

DOING A MORBID ANGELIC DESTRUCTIVE WAR SCENE ON TIM... WE'RE COVERING RIGHT OVER SOME HOMEMADE WEIRDNESS THAT HE ALREADY HAS WITH WHAT YOU SEE BELOW. THESE ARE SOME IN-PROGRESS SHOTS TO SHOW THE COVERING TECHNIQUE.

THE FINAL PIECE WILL BE FULL COLOR... LOOK FOR THE PROGRESS AS WE BANG IT OUT!!!